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Traci Wooden-Carlisle

Missing Destiny (A Chandler County Novel) by Traci Wooden-Carlisle is a wonderful HEA Christian romance. Actually it’s a great example of how a good Christian romance should be written. Traci Wooden-Carlisle’s has crafted an inspiring story of rediscovering love and God through painful losses and life-threatening situations. This heartwarming story has also a flare of suspense that will keep you engaged until the last page. Shauna’s and Zach’s characters are well developed and Zach’s personal story is heart-breaking. There is only one thing I didn’t enjoy that much and that is the way the ID of stalker was revealed, I found it a bit weak. Nevertheless Missing Destinyis a book worth reading, especially when you’re going through a difficult moment of your life.

Stars 4.4.

Missing Destiny (A Chandler County Novel)

She spends Friday nights with charts and graphs. His best friend is a dog named Sebastian.

All she’s ever wanted was peace and to feel she belonged. All he ever wanted was to disappear.

She’s a city girl hiding in a small town. He’s back home hiding from his past.

If life were perfect, they could be each other’s missing destiny.

When a mysterious man becomes a threat to her health Dr. Shauna Nathan, a workaholic scientist, is about to lose control over her emotions and her life. Her family steps in to protect her even if it means disrupting her otherwise predictable and orderly existence by bribing her with chance to spend time with her old college roommate and surround herself with her one true passion — horses.

She heads to a ranch in Chandler county to hide from her stalker. Instead, she might find there healing she looks for — and love she doesn’t.

Horse therapist Zach moved to New York, had a successful career in finance, a beautiful wife, and daughter one day and the next it was all gone. He came back to Chandler County to come to terms with his loss and find a modicum of peace as a ranch hand- turned therapist at Murphy’s Equestrian Therapy Center.

He has lost everyone he loved. Would he risk his heart again for Shauna?

Though the ruthless killer on Shauna’s trail will stop at nothing to destroy her, will Zach and Shauna escape danger and find happiness in each other’s arms and their missing destiny?

Traci Wooden-Carlisle began writing poetry and short stories as soon as she was able to form words on paper. She used that as a way to creating worlds, as well as, to communicate with God. A native of Los Angeles, California, she grew up attending United Methodist Church under the leadership of a pastor whose heart was for youth. Once she finished college at she found herself at a loss. She felt caught in the transition between childhood and adulthood. She surrounded herself with saints and volunteered her services as a graphic artist. Through the early-morning prayer, all night Friday prayer and 3-day shut-ins she started on her journey toward her most desired gift, an intimate relationship with God. Today, Mrs. Wooden-Carlisle lives in San Diego with her husband, David Carlisle. She teaches fitness classes, runs a jewelry and craft business, and is currently writing her third book in her Christian-fiction series.